Delaware County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, New York, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 3,520 ft on Bearpen Mountain
Elevation
3,520 ft 1,075 m2,850 ft 865 m2,510 ft 765 m1,830 ft 560 m1,160 ft 355 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Delaware County averages about 1,840 ft (560 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 820 ft on the southwest side to 3,520 ft on Bearpen Mountain.

Average elevation
1,840 ft 560 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,520 ft 1,075 m
on Bearpen Mountain
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side

Delaware County spans about 2,700 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,840 ft560 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Bearpen Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,520 ft1,075 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

49 mi west to east through Sidney.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, New York, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 3,520 ft on Bearpen Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New York, United States
Population
44,191 2024 est.
Land area
1,442.6 sq mi + 24.8 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Delaware County1,840 ft
  2. Otsego County1,560 ft
  3. Schoharie County1,520 ft
  4. Wayne County, PA1,480 ft
  5. Chenango County1,450 ft
  6. Greene County1,440 ft
  7. Sullivan County1,420 ft
  8. Broome County1,330 ft
  9. Ulster County1,140 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Roundtop, Delaware County3,450 ft
  • Mount Pisgah, Delaware County3,346 ft
  • Schultice Mountain3,270 ft
  • Plattekill Mountain, Delaware County3,220 ft
  • Utsayantha Mountain3,215 ft
All 32 towns in Delaware County by typical elevation
  1. Meredith2,120 ft
  2. Bovina2,100 ft
  3. Andes1,990 ft
  4. Kortright1,890 ft
  5. Harpersfield1,870 ft
  6. Village of Stamford1,840 ft
  7. Roxbury1,820 ft
  8. Hamden1,810 ft
  9. Stamford1,810 ft
  10. Tompkins1,760 ft
  11. Masonville1,730 ft
  12. Town of Middletown1,710 ft
  13. Franklin1,690 ft
  14. Hobart1,650 ft
  15. Colchester1,610 ft
  16. Fleischmanns1,590 ft
  17. Village of Delhi1,490 ft
  18. Delhi1,490 ft
  19. Bloomville1,470 ft
  20. Davenport1,370 ft
  21. Margaretville1,350 ft
  22. Davenport Center1,270 ft
  23. Walton1,270 ft
  24. Village of Franklin1,240 ft
  25. Village of Walton1,230 ft
  26. Downsville1,150 ft
  27. Sidney1,080 ft
  28. Village of Sidney1,060 ft
  29. Hancock1,050 ft
  30. Town of Deposit1,040 ft
  31. Deposit partly1,000 ft
  32. Village of Hancock970 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.